Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders rebutted President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, and she accused Biden of pursuing out-of-touch fantasies.
She warned of a nation whose ideals are under attack and whose citizens are fighting for their freedoms… and she summed up her speech in one key line.
“The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left,” Sanders said. “ The choice is between normal or crazy.”
“That was a great line,” one conservative commentator tweeted in response.
Other viewers chimed in to agree, as if part of a silent majority.
Sanders went on to elaborate.
“Americans want common sense from their leaders, but in Washington, the Biden administration is doubling down on crazy,” Sanders said. “The Biden administration seems more interested in woke fantasies than the hard reality Americans face every day. Most Americans simply want to live their lives in freedom and peace, but we are under attack in a left-wing culture war we didn’t start and never wanted to fight.”
Sanders hammered the differences between herself and Biden.
“I’ll be the first to admit, President Biden and I don’t have a lot in common,” Sanders said. “I’m for freedom. He’s for government control. At 40, I’m the youngest governor in the country. At 80, he’s the oldest president in American history. I’m the first woman to lead my state. He’s the first man to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that can’t even tell you what a woman is.”
Sanders became the first Arkansan to deliver a State of the Union response since Democrat Gov. Bill Clinton in 1985.
Before becoming governor, Sanders served roughly two years as White House press secretary.
In the speech, Sanders earned comparisons to her old boss, former President Donald Trump. She told an anecdote about traveling to western Iraq with the former president, but she declined to mention him by name.
Rather, Sanders focused more on preparing the current generation of leaders through education reform.
“Tonight, let us reaffirm our commitment to a timeless American idea: that government exists not to rule the people, but to serve the people,” Sanders concluded. “A new generation of Republican leaders is stepping up — not to be caretakers of the status quo, but to be changemakers for the American people.”
Sanders has been mentioned as a possible candidate for vice president, and she stirred speculation even further by agreeing to give the State of the Union response.
However, Sanders used her speech to announce not a presidential campaign, but a package for education reform.
“Tomorrow, I will unveil an education package that will be the most far-reaching, bold, conservative education reform in the country. My plan empowers parents with real choices, improves literacy and career readiness, and helps put a good teacher in every classroom by increasing their starting salary,” Sanders said, recounting an anecdote about seeing the Little Rock Nine.
“We will educate, not indoctrinate our kids. and put students on a path to success. It’s time for a new generation to lead.”
The Horn editorial team and the Associated Press contributed to this article.